As we we recall that context is everything, we might we might spare a thought for Jean Cocteau; he died on this date in 1963. An avatar of the avant-garde, Cocteau was a prolific poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker… and a passionate friend (and often more) to the likes of Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Yul Brynner, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María Félix, and Édith Piaf. He is probably best remembered for his novel Les Enfants Terribles, and his films Blood of a Poet, Les Parents Terribles, Beauty and the Beast, and Orpheus.